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<p>FY 2003-04 <a name="3"></a>HIGHER EDUCATION BUDGET - H.B. <a name="1"></a>4396 (CR-1*): CONFERENCE REPORT</p>
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<td class="table1column1" width="86%" style="border-right: none; border-left: none; border-top: 0.04in double #7f7f7f; border-bottom: 0.04in double #7f7f7f" valign="top"><p><span style="font-weight: bold">FY 2002-03 Year-to-Date Gross Appropriation<span>. . . . . .&am p;#160;. . . . . . . 0;. . . . . . . .&a mp;#160;. . . . . . .&# 160;. . . . . . . .  . . .</span></span></p>
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<td class="table1column1" width="86%" style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.04in; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.291667in; margin-left: 0.291667in"> 1.<span>  </span><span style="font-weight: bold">Across-the-Board Funding Reduction of 6.74%.</span> The Governor, House, and Senate included
a 6.74% reduction for University Operations, Agricultural Experiment Station, Cooperative
Extension Service, and the King-Chavez-Parks Programs.</p>
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<td class="table1column2" width="14%" style="border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-top: 0.04in" align="right" valign="top"><p>(109,662,071)</p>
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<td class="table1column1" width="86%" style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.04in; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.291667in; margin-left: 0.291667in"> 2.<span>  </span><span style="font-weight: bold">Rare Isotope Accelerator.</span> The Governor, House, and Senate eliminated one-time funding.</p>
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<td class="table1column2" width="14%" style="border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-top: 0.04in" align="right" valign="top"><p>(1,900,000)</p>
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<td class="table1column1" width="86%" style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.04in; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.291667in; margin-left: 0.291667in"> 3.<span>  </span><span style="font-weight: bold">Federal Fund Reductions.</span> The House and Senate included the Governor’s recommended
reductions in available Federal funds for State Competitive Scholarships ($700,000) and the
Robert Byrd Scholarship Program ($400,000).<span> </span></p>
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<td class="table1column2" width="14%" style="border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-top: 0.04in" align="right" valign="top"><p>(1,100,000)</p>
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<td class="table1column1" width="86%" style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.03in; padding-bottom: 0.03in; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.291667in; margin-left: 0.291667in"> 4.<span>  </span><span style="font-weight: bold">Per-Student Floor Funding.</span> The Senate included a $4,000 per-student funding floor, funded
from the Merit Award Trust Fund; the Conferees include a $3,890 funding floor.</p>
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<td class="table1column2" width="14%" style="border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-top: 0.03in; padding-bottom: 0.03in" align="right" valign="top"><p>9,500,000 </p>
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<td class="table1column1" width="86%" style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.03in; padding-bottom: 0.03in; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.291667in; margin-left: 0.291667in"> 5.<span>  </span><span style="font-weight: bold">Infrastructure, Technology, Equipment, and Maintenance (ITEM).</span> The Senate appropriated
$100,000 to each of the 15 universities, and a total of $100,000 was distributed to independent
colleges through the General Degree Reimbursement Program; funding was from the Merit
Award Trust Fund. The Conferees did not include ITEM funding.</p>
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<td class="table1column1" width="86%" style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.03in; padding-bottom: 0.03in; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.291667in; margin-left: 0.291667in"> 6.<span>  </span><span style="font-weight: bold">Western Michigan University.</span> The Senate appropriated $10 million for the creation of a Life
Sciences Research and Commercialization Center. The Conference Report does not include
this item but funding is recommended in the Strategic Fund budget.</p>
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<td class="table1column1" width="86%" style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.03in; padding-bottom: 0.03in; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.291667in; margin-left: 0.291667in"> 7.<span>  </span><span style="font-weight: bold">Japan Center.</span> The Governor and Senate eliminated funding; the House included $150,000;
Conferees concur with Senate.</p>
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<td class="table1column1" width="86%" style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.04in; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.291667in; margin-left: 0.291667in"> 8.<span>  </span><span style="font-weight: bold">Higher Education Database.</span> The Governor and House reduced funding to a total of $200,000;
the Senate included $200,100; Conferees concur with House.</p>
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<td class="table1column2" width="14%" style="border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-top: 0.04in" align="right" valign="top"><p>(41,200)</p>
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retained at FY 2002-03 amount of $82,500; the Senate included $100; Conferees concur with
House.</p>
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<td class="table1column1" width="86%" style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.03in; padding-bottom: 0.03in; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.291667in; margin-left: 0.291667in">10.<span> </span><span style="font-weight: bold">Grants and Financial Aid.</span> The Governor eliminated seven FY 2002-03 programs, the House
eliminated three, and the Senate retained all of them. The Senate reduced these programs by
6.74% across-the-board. Neither the House nor the Senate included the Governor’s proposed
Michigan Opportunity Scholarship Program. The Conferees concur with the Senate’s 6.74%
reduction but eliminate funding for degree reimbursement and add these dollars proportionately
to Competitive Scholarships and Tuition Grants.</p>
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<td class="table1column1" width="86%" style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.03in; padding-bottom: 0.03in; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.291667in; margin-left: 0.291667in">11.<span> </span><span style="font-weight: bold">Michigan Merit Awards.</span> The House and Senate did not concur with the Governor’s reduction
of awards from $2,500 to $500 beginning with the class of 2004, nor did they concur with the
Governor’s proposed accounting change. The Senate added $70.7 million to the FY 2002-03
Merit Award amount of $64.3 million, for an FY 2003-04 total of $135 million. The Conferees
include a total of $130 million.</p>
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<td class="table1column1" width="86%" style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.03in; padding-bottom: 0.03in; border-left: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.291667in; margin-left: 0.291667in">12.<span> </span><span style="font-weight: bold">Tuition Incentive Program.</span> The Senate concurred with the Governor’s funding level which
included an increase of $4 million due to increased caseload estimates; the House did not
concur and retained FY 2002-03 funding of $5,250,000. The Senate did not phase out the
program as the Governor and House proposed. The Conferees concur with the Senate.</p>
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on their proportionate share of the budget, and $2,750,000 distributed to 11 schools in equal
amounts of $250,000.</p>
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<p style="margin-left: -0.0625in; margin-right: -0.1in"><span style="font-weight: bold">Amount Over/(Under) GF/GP Target: $0</span></p>
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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.229167in; margin-left: 0.229167in"> 1.<span>  </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">Annual Report on Restricted Funds.</span> Governor, House, and Senate deleted requirement.</span></p>
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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.229167in; margin-left: 0.229167in"> 2.<span>  </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">Capital Outlay.</span> Governor, House, and Senate deleted legislative intent for competitive bids for State
projects since the DMB Act already requires it.</span></p>
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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.229167in; margin-left: 0.229167in"> 3.<span>  </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">Tuition Grant Program.</span> House and Senate changed application deadline from September 1 to July 15,
2003. (Sec. 302(2))</span></p>
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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.229167in; margin-left: 0.229167in"> 4.<span>  </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">General Degree Reimbursement Program.</span> Governor, House, and Senate deleted earmarks for University
of Detroit-Mercy, Marygrove, and Finlandia. (Sec. 304)</span></p>
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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.229167in; margin-left: 0.229167in"> 5.<span>  </span><span style="font-weight: bold">Nursing Scholarship Program.</span> Governor, House, and Senate included reference to enabling legislation,
Public Act 591 of 2002. (Sec. 312)</p>
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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.229167in; margin-left: 0.229167in"> 6.<span>  </span><span style="font-weight: bold">Dental Clinics Grant.</span> Governor, House, and Senate earmarked appropriation for the University of Detroit
Mercy School of Dentistry to support services to low-income residents of southeastern Michigan. (Sec. 315)</p>
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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.229167in; margin-left: 0.229167in"> 7.<span>  </span><span style="font-weight: bold">HEIDI Advisory Committee.</span> Governor, House, and Senate replaced database conversion with maintenance
and enhancement. (Sec. 405(2))</p>
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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.229167in; margin-left: 0.229167in"> 8.<span>  </span><span style="font-weight: bold">Study of Automatic Sprinklers in Dorms.</span> Governor, House, and Senate deleted requirement because the
study has been completed.</p>
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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.229167in; margin-left: 0.229167in"> 9.<span>  </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">Tuition Restraint.</span> Governor, House, and Senate replaced 8.5% or $425 limit on tuition increases with a
directive to adopt reasonable tuition and fee increases. (Sec. 436)</span></p>
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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.229167in; margin-left: 0.229167in">10.<span> </span><span style="font-weight: bold">Enrollment Policy Workgroup.</span> Governor, House, and Senate deleted requirement.</p>
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legislative intent to retain FY 2002-03 contribution rate for FY 2003-04. (Sec. 437)</span></p>
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the Higher Education database (HEIDI).</span></p>
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language.</span></p>
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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.229167in; margin-left: 0.229167in">16.<span> </span><span style="font-weight: bold">Textbook Purchases.</span> Senate added requirement for Presidents Council to report on potential for public
universities to provide group purchasing for textbooks. Conferees do not include.</p>
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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.229167in; margin-left: 0.229167in">17.<span> </span><span style="font-weight: bold">Western Michigan University. </span> Senate included base funding allocation of $10 million for creation of Life
Sciences Research and Commercialization Center. Conferees do not include.</p>
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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.229167in; margin-left: 0.229167in">18.<span> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">New Academic Programs.</span> Senate added Presidents Council list of approved programs. Conferees concur
with Senate and require list of eliminated programs. (Sec. 701a)</span></p>
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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.229167in; margin-left: 0.229167in">19.<span> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">Performance Audits of State Universities.</span> Governor and House allow three annually; Senate requires
three annually. Conferees concur with House. (Sec. 708)</span></p>
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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="border-bottom: none; padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.229167in; margin-left: 0.229167in">20.<span> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">FY 2002-03 Supplemental Fund Source Shift. </span>Senate included shift from Merit Award Trust Fund to
Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund. Conferees concur with Senate. (Sec. 1101)</span></p>
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<td class="table2column1" width="100%" style="padding-top: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 0.05in; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; border-bottom: none" valign="top"><p style="text-indent: -0.229167in; margin-left: 0.229167in">21.<span> </span><span style="font-weight: bold">FY 2002-03 Notification Deadline.</span> Senate required notification by July 1, 2003, for Michigan Competitive
Scholarship and Tuition Grant applicants. Conferees change date to July 31. (Sec. 1102)</p>
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<p style="margin-left: -0.0625in; margin-right: -0.1in">Date Completed: <a name="5"></a>7-16-03 - Fiscal Analyst: <a name="6"></a>Ellen Jeffries</p>
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